April 21-22, 2012 - Conference Schedule

Click on the hyperlinked session titles below to read blogs, watch videos, and access resources about the April 2012 conference sessions. Additional content is added as it becomes available.

Saturday, 7:15am: Check-in and Registration Begins

Saturday, 8:00-8:15am: Opening

Saturday, 8:15-9:00am: Keynote Address

"Investing in Innovation to Fight Poverty," Sasha Dichter, Chief Innovation Officer, Acumen Fund

Saturday, 9:15-10:45am

Session SH: Social Change and Impact

Session SM: New Media Interactive Workshop

"Using New Media to Tell Your Story and Reach a Wider Audience," Neal Baer, MD, Clinical Professor of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California; Executive Producer, A Gifted Man, CBS

Session SL: Networking Lounge

Session CA: Rethinking Water and Sanitation Solutions

"Cutting Through the Jargon and Getting to the Point: Rethinking Water For People's Impact," Ned Breslin, Chief Executive Officer, Water For People
"Entrepreneurial Tools for the Developing World," Tim Elliott, Special Initiatives Officer, PATH
"Dispensers for Safe Water," Alexandra Fielden, Policy Coordinator, Innovations for Poverty Action
"Measuring the Health Benefits of a Solar Drinking Water Disinfection (SODIS) Intervention in Uganda," Kristopher Kang, Consultant, Water School

Session CL: Education Initiatives in Global Health & International Development

"Global Health Education: Perceptions of Visiting Healthcare Professionals," Christian Kraeker, MD, FRCPC DTM&H MSc, Department of Internal Medicine, McMaster University
"Grand Strategy in Global Health," Elizabeth Bradley, PhD, Professor of Public Health, Division of Health Policy & Administration; Director, Global Health Initiative, Yale University
"A Graduate Program in Bioengineering Innovation and Design: From Needs Identification to Innovations for Global Health Impact," Soumyadipta Acharya, MD, PhD, Graduate Program Director, Johns Hopkins Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design (CBID), Assistant Research Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University
"Teaching Strategies: Bringing the Base of the Pyramid to Students and Students to the Base of the Pyramid," Ted London, PhD, Senior Research Fellow, William Davidson Institute and Faculty, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan

Session L1: Healthcare Strategies for Non-Communicable Diseases

"Integrated Service Delivery for Non-Communicable Diseases: Tackling the Matrix," Gene Kwan, MD, Research Fellow, Division of Global Health Equity; Instructor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
"Rural Village Outreaches: Strategies to Reduce Patient Barriers to Care For 65,000 Per Year," Seth Wanye, MD, Ophthalmologist, Friends Eye Center; Unite For Sight Partner
"Africa's Huge Cataract Backlog: A Novel Strategy For Dealing With It," Thomas Baah, MD, Ophthalmologist and Director, Save The Nation's Sight Clinic, Ghana

Session L2: Environmental and Ecological Health

"An Inventory of Toxic Hotspots in the Developing World: Over 100 Million Exposed," Richard Fuller, President, Blacksmith Institute
"Vulnerability of Children to Environmental Assaults: A Global Perspective," Philip Landrigan, MD, MSc, Dean for Global Health, Ethel H. Wise Professor and Chairman, Department of Preventive Medicine, Professor of Pediatrics, Director, Children's Environmental Health Center, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
"Leveraging Social Media Advocacy To Build a Culture of Disease Prevention," Linda Reinstein, President/CEO and Co-Founder, Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization
"SEED Evaluator: Measuring Social, Economic, and Ecological Design," Steve Dombrowski, GGLO

Session L21: Child Health Interactive Workshop

"Toy Libraries: A Unique Model for Early Intervention for Orphans and Vulnerable Children" Jane Aronson, MD, CEO, Founder, Worldwide Orphans Foundation; Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Cornell Weill Medical College and Columbia University

Session W6: Global Health Technology Social Enterprise Pitches: Ideas in Development

"Introducing Mobile Learning in Kindergartens in Senegal: Early Results and Large Scale Development Plan," Chun Hei Cheung, Project Manager, SenMobile
"SMS-Based Emergency Medical Dispatch for Low-Income Countries: A Pilot Program in Haiti," Jason Friesen, Program Manager, Project HOPE
"Improving Learning in Development: Providing Affordable Data Analytics and Intelligence Services Through Mobile Technology," Rubayat Khan, Director of Strategic Initiatives, mPower Ltd.
"SkyLight: Universal Smartphone-to-Microscope Adapter Enables Telemedicine," Tess Bakke, Co-Founder, SkyLight
"CellScope: Mobile Microscopy Screening Kits for Rural Health Care," Lina Nilsson, Co-Founder, Tekla Labs
"A Battery-Operated LED Microscope For Portable Field Use," Richard Rocco, PhD, Associate Professor, Samuel Merritt University
"A Cellphone-Based Carbon Trading Market to Make Clean Burning Cookstoves Sustainable," Ian Leong, Chief Operating Officer, Nexleaf Analytics
"A Global Telemedicine Network for Parkinson Disease: Extending Access to Care," Catherine Bennet, Medical Student, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Session W9: Film Screening (Read Blog)

"Good Fortune,"an Emmy Award-Winning Documentary Film. Good Fortune explores how massive, international efforts to alleviate poverty in Africa may be undermining the very communities they aim to benefit. Through the intimate portraits of two Kenyans battling to save their homes from large-scale development organizations, the film presents a unique opportunity to experience foreign aid through the eyes of the people it is intended to benefit. Audience discussion will follow the 70-minute film screening.

Session W28: Advocacy, Art, and Social Change in Public Health

"Despised Practices Can Be Harnessed for Social Innovation," Ken Patterson, Global Grassroots Manager, RESULTS/RESULTS Educational Fund
"Potential Over Poverty: Creating a New Narrative for Development," Jonathan Kalan, Photojournalist, Founder, The (BoP) Project
"The Art of Change: How Youth Can Create Their Own Social Change," Bob McKinnon, President GALEWiLL Design; Director, the GALEWiLL Center for Opportunity & Progress
"Thinking, Sensing, Feeling, Doing: How Art Can Energize Public Health," Carolyn Cannuscio, ScD, Core Investigator, VA Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, Philadelphia VA Medical Center; Assistant Professor, Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

Saturday, 11:00-12:30pm

Session SH: Innovations in Global Health (Read Blog)

"Rethinking Innovation in Global Health," Rifat Atun, Professor of International Health Management, Imperial College London (View Video)
"Achieving the Health MDGs: Making a Reality Out of Every Woman and Every Child," Charles MacCormack, Executive Chair, Health MDG Alliance
"Progress in HIV Prevention: The Road to a Vaccine," John McGoldrick, Chair, Zimmer Holdings, Inc.; Special Advisor, International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI)

Session SM: Marketing Strategies Interactive Workshop

"Breaking Thru The Clutter Workshop: How To Market Your Cause and Attract New Champions," Scott Henderson, Managing Director, CauseShift

Session SL: Networking Lounge

Session CA: Social Enterprise Models

"Do the KIND Thing," Erica Pattni, Vice President of Marketing, KIND Healthy Snacks
"Making It Real: Lessons From Thirty Years of Grassroots Development," Dean Cycon, Founder and CEO, Dean's Beans Organic Coffee Co.
"The Role of Business in Creating a More Compassionate and Sustainable World," Zak Zaidman, Co-Founder and CEO, Kopali Organics
"Keepin' it Global," Kyle Berner, Creator, Feelgoodz LLC

Session CL: Water & Sanitation Social Enterprise Pitches: Ideas in Development

"Hydrate: An Ecosystem to Mobilize Capital for Water and Sanitation," Sebastien Tilmans, Graduate Student, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University (Watch Video)
"The Water Kiosk: A Franchise for Health in the Developing World," Alex Harding, Medical Student, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
"A Solar Disinfection Monitor for Safe Water," Jacqueline Linnes, Co-Founder, PotaVida
"WADI: Inexpensive and Easy-To-Use Water Disinfection (Halving Waterborne Diseases)," Martin Wesian, CEO, Helioz Research and Development
"The Village Zero Project: Tracking a National Cholera Epidemic," Maimuna Majumder, Undergraduate Student, Tufts University
"LifeTap: A Low-Cost Hand Washing Venture in Rural Uganda," Adam Mosa, Pennsylvania Schools for Uganda
"5-Pillars Innovation To Establish 'Total Hygiene' Communities," Wahyu Triwahyudi, National Advisor in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Program, Plan International Indonesia
"iWHAM: Integrated Water, Health and Agriculture Management for Improved Health of Tribal People of Hilly Regions," Sandeep Nerkar, Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden

Session L1: Impact, Investing, and Philanthropy

"Impacting Global Health," Nava Ashraf, Associate Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School
"Leveraging Pro Bono Talent to Address Global Health Challenges," Lindsay Firestone, Director of Advisory Services, Taproot Foundation
"From Donor-Driven to Impact-Driven: How Evidence Can Inform Smarter Global Health Philanthropy," Carol McLaughlin, MD, MPH, MSc, Research Director - Global Public Health, Center for High Impact Philanthropy, School of Social Policy and Practice, University of Pennsylvania
"Philanthropy & Impact Investing: Social Capital for Global Health," Diana Ayton-Shenker, Founder and CEO, Fast Forward Fund

Session L2: Film Screening

"The Edge of Joy: The Front Lines of Maternal Care in Nigeria"

Session L21: Film Screening & Discussion With Filmmaker

"Detecting Plant Mysteries: Have Your Diagnostic Dilemmas Turned to Green?" Martin Gordon, MD, FAAAS, Emeritus Chairman and Lifetime Trustee, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library Board; Prior Clinical Professor of Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine

Session L31: Social Mission Enterprise Interactive Workshop

"Practice-Based Models for Scaling Social Mission Enterprise," Jim Koch, Jan and Bill Terry Professor of Management, Leavey School of Business and Administration; Founding Director, Center for Science, Technology, and Society, Santa Clara University

Session W6: Maternal & Child Health Social Enterprise Pitches: Ideas in Development

"The SAPHE Pad: Signaling a Post-Partum Emergency in the Developing World," Chethan Ramprasad, Undergraduate Student, Rice University
"Reliable and Low-Cost Fetal Heart Rate Monitor for the Developing World," Lauren Smith, MSE student, Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design, Johns Hopkins University
"'Smart Helmets, Smart Choices': Reducing Pediatric Injuries Through Helmet Promotion in India," Lisa Hilmi, Pre-Doctoral Student, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
"Child Abduction in Humanitarian Crises: The Potential of Radio Frequency Identification Technology," Nicholas Cooper, Research Coordinator, FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard University
"Connect, Heal, Empower: A School-Based Community Model for Public Health in Haiti," Sarah Dutcher, Country Director, Hope for Haiti
"Sustainable Schools for AIDS Orphans," Allison Verbyla, Undergraduate, Stonehill College
"Replanting the Seed: Developing a Community Garden Program in Rural Western Kenya," Daniel Nassar, Undergraduate Student, Baylor University
"Cycle of Light: Sustainable Model for Access to Healthcare," Faith Barasa, Daisy's Eye Cancer Fund, Kenya

Session W9: Lessons From The Field Panel: Setting Up Programs in Remote Areas (Read Written Report)

James Clarke, MD, Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana; Unite For Sight Ghana Medical Director and Unite For Sight Partner
Lakshmi Karan, Director, Global Strategy, Riders for Health
Tricia Morente, Strategic Advisor, LifeSpring Hospitals
Laura Stachel, MD, MPH, UC Berkeley School of Public Health; Co-Founder, WE CARE Solar
Seth Wanye, Ophthalmologist, Friends Eye Centre, Ghana; Unite For Sight Partner

Session W28: Healthcare Delivery Strategies

"Reducing The Spread of HIV/AIDS by Empowering Sex Workers in India," Angela Rastegar, Senior Consultant, Dalberg Global Development Advisors
"Ensuring Better Health, Education, and Livelihood With Community Eye Care," Sarang Samal, Founder, Kalinga Eye Hospital, NYSASDRI, India; Unite For Sight Partner
"Effective Outreach Models in Honduras," Eduardo Flores, MD, Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, ZOE Eye Clinic, Honduras; Unite For Sight Partner
"Dermatology and Global Health," Aisha Sethi, Assistant Professor, Dermatology and Infectious Diseases, Associate Residency Program Director, Section of Dermatology, University of Chicago

Saturday, 12:30-1:30pm: Lunch

Eat lunch at one of New Haven's 300 downtown eateries.

Saturday, 1:30-2:00pm: Poster and Networking Session

View the Poster Presentations at Co-op Arts. (Photo of 2011 Poster Presentations)
Explore the Exhibits at the Shubert Theater, and speak with the exhibitor representatives.
Extend your lunch and network with others

Saturday, 2:00-3:30pm

Session SH: Healthcare Delivery Models & Innovation

"Re-Thinking Development: Social Innovations that Deliver Effective, Efficient and Sustainable Large-Scale Change," Lakshmi Karan, Director, Global Strategy, Riders for Health
"Building Sustainable Rural Healthcare Systems: The Healthpoint Model," Al Hammond, Co-Founder and Chairman of Healthpoint Services; Director of Health for All, Ashoka
"Quality, Impactful, and Cost-Effective Healthcare Delivery Strategies for Patients Living in Poverty," James Clarke, MD, Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana; Unite For Sight Ghana Medical Director

Session SM: Media Education Interactive Workshop

"A Media Education Workshop: How Sesame Workshop Harnesses the Power of Fun, Furry Muppets to Promote Healthy Living Across the Globe," Charlotte Cole, Senior Vice President, Global Education, Sesame Workshop

Session SL: Networking Lounge

Session CA: Social Enterprise Solutions

"Sustainable Social Change: The Power of Enterprise Solutions," Ron Bills, Chairman & CEO, Envirofit International
"Linking Venture Success and Poverty Alleviation: Understanding How to Create Value with the Base of the Pyramid," Ted London, PhD, Senior Research Fellow, William Davidson Institute and Faculty, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
"Commercializing Products for the Other 90%," Peter Haas, Executive Director, AIDG, Inc.

Session CL: Community-Based Social Enterprise Pitches: Ideas in Development

"Improving Vasectomies with the Newly Patented Vas-Cap Device,"David Sokal, Senior Scientist, Clinical Sciences Department, FHI 360
"Novel Translational Approach to HIV Medication Management: Utilizing Task Shifting and Healthcare Informatics," Gene Morse, Associate Director, University at Buffalo’s New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences (CoE); Associate Director, Institute for Healthcare Informatics
"Pictograms as a Tool to Increase Patient Comprehension of Prescribed Medication," Jessica Hoag, MPH Student, University of Illinois at Chicago
"Homeopathy for Health in Africa: Transforming the Lives of People Living with HIV/AIDS," Michelle Pickering, Board Member, Homeopathy for Health in Africa
"Home Care for Mother and Baby," Shara Rosen, Fondation Sénégal Santé Mobile
"A New Clinic in Haiti: Medicine and Public Health Working Together," Michael Melchior, Director of Operations, International Health Connection
"Leveraging Renewable Energy to Tackle Respiratory Illness Through Healthcare Delivery Models," Jennifer Butte-Dahl, Nokero International (Read Blog)
"em[POWER]: Innovation and the Perception of Waste," Ryan Integlia, Executive Director and Co-Founder, em[POWER] Energy Group / NSF IGERT

Session L1: Global Health Technology Innovations

"BioPhotonics Technologies for Global Health," Aydogan Ozcan, PhD, Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering Department, California NanoSystems Institute, UCLA
"Wireless Biosensors to Reduce Morbidity and Mortality After Initiation of HIV Antiretroviral Therapy," Jessica Haberer, MD, MS, Research Scientist, Harvard Institute for Global Health; Assistant in Health Decision Sciences, Massachusetts General Hospital; Instructor, Harvard Medical School
"Physiology Measurement for Mobile Health," Richard Fletcher, PhD, Research Scientist, MIT Media Lab
"From Big Data to Small Languages: Communication and Information Processing in a Newly Connected World," Robert Munro, CEO, Ibidon; Graduate Fellow, Stanford University

Session L2: Film Screening & Discussion With Filmmaker

"Exploring Innovations in Technology and the Arts to Save Women's Lives," Lisa Russell, Filmmaker, New Media Producer, Governess Films/MDGFive.com

Session L21: Post-Conflict Rwanda Interactive Workshop

"What are the Values, Skills, and Aspirations of the New Economic Development Professional? The Case Study of Post-Conflict Rwanda in a Workshop Format," Michael Fairbanks, Fellow, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University

Session L31: Program Development Interactive Workshop

"Creating a Self-Funding Women's and Girl's Health Education Program in Guatemala," Dean Cycon, Founder and CEO, Dean's Beans Organic Coffee Co. and Annette Cycon, Founder and Director of Training, MotherWoman, Inc.

Session W6: Institutional & Global Health Education Social Enterprise Pitches: Ideas in Development

"Linking Investments and Benefits: A Framework for Translating Master of Public Health Program Goals into Community Health Benefits in Tanzania," Marilynne Hebert, Associate Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary
"Working in Solidarity: A Project for Identifying, Evaluating, and Creating Opportunities for Socially Responsible Medical Student Involvement in Global Health Through a Local Institution," Brian Hilliard, Medical Student, University of Missouri - Columbia
"Breaking the Barriers: Promoting Medical Student Involvement in Global Health," Michele O'Shea, MD/MPH Candidate, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix
"Development of a Tanzanian Medical Placement and Travel Requirements for Medical Students," Jessica Sleeth, Director of Student Affairs and Co-Director of the Office of Global Health, Queen's University School of Medicine
"From Neighborhoods to Nations: A Web-Based Design of an Academic Institution's Global Health Practice," Nima Almassi, Medical Student, Medical College of Wisconsin
"Virtual Simulation Environments for Global Health Training," Rachel Umoren, Pediatrician, Indiana University-Moi University
"Surveying International Medical Student Perceptions and Interest in Emergency Medicine to Aid in the Implementation of Formalized Emergency Training," Karolina Paziana, Medical Student, Jefferson Medical College
"Let's Bring Healthy Happiness to Yemen: Yemenite Health Research and Education Center," Christina El-Saaidi, Graduate Student, Kyoto University School of Public Health

Session W9: Careers in Global Health: Advice From The Experts Panel (read a written report, and read a blog)

Neal Baer, MD, Clinical Professor of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California; Executive Producer, A Gifted Man, CBS
Elizabeth Bradley, PhD, Professor of Public Health, Division of Health Policy & Administration; Director, Global Health Initiative, Yale University
Jonathan Kalan, Photojournalist, Founder, The (BoP) Project
Philip Landrigan, MD, MSc, Dean for Global Health, Ethel H. Wise Professor and Chairman, Department of Preventive Medicine, Professor of Pediatrics, Director, Children's Environmental Health Center, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Georgia Sambunaris, Senior Advisor, USAID Office of Economic Growth

Session W28: The Health of Women and Children

"Understanding Early Neonatal Mortality in Rural Northern Ghana: The Value of a Mixed Methods Approach," Cheryl Moyer, MPH, Managing Director, Global REACH; Research Investigator, Department of Medical Education, University of Michigan Medical School
"LED Phototherapy Program Successfully Treats Neonatal Jaundice in Southeast Asia," Priscilla Joe, MD, Chief Medical Advisor, East Meets West
"Preventing Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: New Strategies for Changing the Behaviors of Medical Professionals and Pregnant Women," Paul N. Bloom, PhD, Adjunct Professor of Social Entrepreneurship and Marketing, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
"The Role of Scientists and Medical Professionals in Helping Pregnant Women Abstain from Drinking Alcohol," Rochelle D. Schwartz-Bloom, PhD, Professor of Pharmacology, Duke University Medical Center

Saturday, 3:45-5:15pm

Session SH: Social Media, Storytelling, and Marketing

"Storytelling for Social Change," Neal Baer, MD, Clinical Professor of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California; Executive Producer, A Gifted Man, CBS
"Healthy Habits for Life: Using Sesame Street to Promote a Healthier World," Charlotte Cole, Senior Vice President, Global Education, Sesame Workshop
"Overcoming Barriers by Using Humor and Animation to Create a Cultural Shift," Firdaus Kharas, Chairman, Chocolate Moose Media and Global Shift (listen to an interview and read a blog)
"Collective Impact: Playing Nice With Others in the Sandbox," Scott Henderson, Managing Director, CauseShift

Session SM: Media Interactive Workshop

"How to Find Stories that Interest the Media - And Support Your Cause," Thaler Pekar, Organizational Narrative & Communication Expert, Thaler Pekar & Partners

Session SL: Networking Lounge

Session CA: Exploring Healthcare Delivery Strategies

"Measuring Global Health Programs in Low- and Middle-Income Countries," Juan-Carlos Alegre, Director, Monitoring & Evaluation, Management Sciences for Health
"Psycho-social Programs for Orphans and Vulnerable Children: Tailor Made For Each Country," Jane Aronson, MD, CEO, Founder, Worldwide Orphans Foundation; Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Cornell Weill Medical College and Columbia University
"WE CARE Solar: Bringing Light to Maternal Health Care," Laura Stachel, MD, MPH, UC Berkeley School of Public Health; Co-Founder, WE CARE Solar
"Using Innovative Communications to End Malaria Deaths,"Martin Edlund, Chief Marketing Officer, Malaria No More

Session CL: Bridging Healthcare Gaps Social Enterprise Pitches: Ideas in Development

"Facilitating Innovation, Adoption & MDGs Beyond 2015," Julia Walsh, Professor of Maternal and Child Health and International Health, University of California Berkeley School of Public Health
"Africa's Wealth Must Contribute to Africa's Health: Engaging the African Private Sector," Chenfa Dombin, CEO and Founder, Friends of the Global Fund Africa, Nigeria
"Community Health Center's Collaboration to ECHO," Khushbu Khatri, Americorps Quality Improvement Assistant, Community Health Center, Inc.
"Bridging Technology and Cancer Research in Sub-Saharan Africa: Bringing Tablet EDC Systems to the Clinic," Daniel Sanchez, Master's Student, New York University
"Eye Ability: Closing the Gap Between the Services and Resources Provided to the Blind and Visually Impaired in Industrialized Nations Versus Developing Nations," Jennifer Afranie-Sakyi, Founder, Eye Ability, Inc.
"Physicians for Haiti: Continuing Medical Education in Global Health," James Hudspeth, Board Member, Physicians for Haiti
"Promoting Health in Haiti," Steven Baumann, RN, PhD, Professor of Nursing, Hunter College
"Eliminating Disparity in Healthcare for the Disadvantaged," Morgan Lorio, MD, Orthopedic Surgeon, The Spine Health Foundation, Inc.

Session L1: mHealth and Medical Technology Innovations

"Engaging the Consumer in the Fight Against Counterfeits," Alison Martin, Service Delivery Manager, Sproxil, Inc.
"mHealth: Scaling Up, Low Cost Mobile Solutions in (PMTCT) Preventing-Mother-to-Child-Transmission-Programs," Bobby Jefferson, Senior Informatics Advisor, Futures Group (see PowerPoint)
"Sana: Democratizing Knowledge, Technology and Access to Quality Healthcare," Leo Anthony Celi, MD, MS, MPH, Executive Director, Sana, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, MIT; Research Director, Laboratory of Computational Physiology, MIT; Staff Intensivist, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Session L2: Community-Based Healthcare Delivery Models

"An Integrated Fistula Repair Program: Ten Year Report of the Eritrean Women's Project," Mary Lake Polan, Adjunct Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Columbia University School of Medicine
"Investing in Frontline Health Workers: A Critical Global Need," Susan O'Halloran, Director, Frontline Health Workers Coalition
"mSakhi: Making the ‘m’ Work for Community Health Workers," Amod Kumar, Project Director, Manthan Project, IntraHealth International
"Designing Evidence-Based Health Worker Attraction and Retention Strategies for Rural Areas: Application of a Rapid Discrete Choice Experiment in Uganda and Laos," Wanda Jaskiewicz, Team Leader for Performance Support Systems, IntraHealth International/CapacityPlus

Session L21: Design Interactive Workshop

"Bridging Research and Action Workshop," Will Harris, Designer, Design that Matters, and Elizabeth Johansen, Director of Product Development, Design that Matters

Session L31: Student Leaders in Global Health: Maternal & Child Health

"The Impact of Electronic Fetal Monitoring on Perinatal Outcomes in Referral Cases of Pre-Eclampsia at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH), Accra, Ghana," Jocelynn Owusu, Master's Student, University of Michigan School of Public Health
"A Comprehensive Impact Assessment of Antenatal Care in Two Districts in Nepal," Dimitra Panagiotoglou, Public Health Student, Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia
"Factors Influencing Timing of Entry into Prenatal Care in Rural Haiti," Kristen Pepin, Medical Student, University of Connecticut School of Medicine
"Maternal and Caretaker Perceptions on Clinical Childhood Eye Care and Blindness in Ghana," Daryl Ramai, Undergraduate Student, York College of the City University of New York; Unite For Sight Global Impact Lab Alumnus
"Clinical Factors Associated with Human Bocavirus Infection in Young Children in the Caribbean," Joshua Hustedt, Medical Student, Yale University School of Medicine
"Vaccine Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices in a Suburb of Hyderabad, India," Sumita Chakrabarti, PhD Student, University of Illinois at Chicago

Session W6: Web-Based Social Enterprise Pitches: Ideas in Development

"Leveraging Public Goods to Create a Global Network," Amy Scheffler, Staff Assistant, Global Health Delivery Project at Harvard University
"The Akili Initiative: An Online Student Think Tank for Global Health," Katherine Warren, Co-Founder, Co-Director, The Akili Initiative
"The Global Think Forum," Kevin Xu, Editor-in-Chief, The Journal of Global Health; Undergraduate, Columbia University
"Native Health News Alliance: Promoting Health Communities Through Indigenous Journalism," Teresa Lamsam, Visiting Associate Professor in News and Information, University of Kansas
"The BRAINetwork First Mile Project," Zalina Ismail, Professor, Universiti Sains Malaysia
"Can Crowdsourcing Bring Computerized Clinical Decision Support to Low-Resource Settings?" Petter Risøe, Public Health Student, Yale School of Public Health
"Empowering Patients Through Technology Enhanced Nurse Navigation," Arti Varanasi, President and CEO, Advancing Synergy
"The Respectacle Project," Jeffrey Lynch, CEO and Founder, Respectacle, Inc.

Session W9: Careers in Social Entrepreneurship: Advice From The Experts Panel (Read Written Report)

Ned Breslin, Chief Executive Officer, Water For People
Peter Haas, Executive Director, AIDG, Inc.
Lindsay Firestone, Director of Advisory Services, Taproot Foundation
Lakshmi Karan, Director, Global Strategy, Riders for Health
Zak Zaidman, Co-Founder and CEO, Kopali Organics
Andrew Zolli, Curator, Pop!Tech

Session W28: Chronic Diseases & Health Promotion: An Exploration of Glaucoma

"Managing Glaucomas in Africa: Need for a Paradigm Shift," Michael Gyasi, Ophthalmologist, North Western Eye Centre, Ghana; Unite For Sight Partner
"Lifestyle and Risk for Glaucoma," James C. Tsai, MD, Robert R. Young Professor and Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine; Chief of Ophthalmology, Yale-New Haven Hospital
"Primary Congenital Glaucoma," Sarwat Salim, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and Director of Glaucoma Service, University of Tennessee
"Going Blind and Going Forward: Building a National and International Public Awareness Campaign Around a Film and its Messages," Joseph Lovett, Producer/Director, Going Blind

Saturday, 5:30-6:40pm

Session SH: mHealth Design and Innovations

"Design and Community Engagement in mHealth," Robert Fabricant, Vice President of Creative, Frog Design Inc.
"The Last Mile of mHealth," Erica Kochi, Co-lead, UNICEF Innovations Team
"When Do Novelties Become Innovations?" Madhura Bhat, MA, MBA, MPH, Deputy Director, mHealth Alliance

Session SL: Networking Lounge

Session CA: Lessons in Business Development and Social Enterprise

"An Organizing Framework and Repeatable Business Models for Market Creation in Impoverished Communities: Lessons from the Global Social Benefit Incubator at Santa Clara University," Jim Koch, Jan and Bill Terry Professor of Management, Leavey School of Business and Administration; Founding Director, Center for Science, Technology, and Society, Santa Clara University
"Lives in Development: Values, Capabilities and Aspirations for the New Economic Development Professional," Michael Fairbanks, Fellow, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University
"Proving Sustainability: Accountability in International Development through Instrumented Data Collection and Social Enterprise," Evan Thomas, PhD, Assistant Professor, Portland State University; Executive Vice President, Manna Energy Limited

Session CL: Community-Based Social Enterprise Pitches: Ideas in Development

"Building Mental Health Capacity in Post-Conflict Liberia Using a Public Private Partnership," Alison Pavia, Executive Director, Peter C. Alderman Foundation
"Building Demand-Driven Mobile Health Tools to Improve Effectiveness of Frontline Health Workers," Hannah Lane, Co-Founder, Kumbu Health
"Online Education as an Incentive for Health Worker Retention Through a Novel Medication and Medical Equipment Procurement Approach in Kenya," Elizabeth Chege, MSc Student, University College London
"Fundación Enciende Una Luz: A Case Study in Transitioning the Management of an NGO to Members of the Community it Serves," Lara Hilliard, MPH Student, University of Missouri
"The Road Development Initiative: A New Model for Infrastructure Development in Africa," Chibueze Ihenacho, Undergraduate Student, Georgia Tech

Session L1: Translating Healthcare Strategies

"Lessons from the Cuban Health System Applied in Three Under-Served Communities in the United States," Peter Bourne, Senior Research Fellow, Green Templeton College, University of Oxford; Chair, Medical Education Cooperation with Cuba (MEDICC)
"SICS: The Right Technique for Cataract Blindness Prevention in Developing Countries?" Eduardo Flores, MD, Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, ZOE Eye Clinic, Honduras; Unite For Sight Partner
"Achieving Hospital Sustainability Through Surgeon Training Centers," Michael Brennan, American Academy of Ophthalmology Past President; Ophthalmologist, Alamance Eye Center; Consultant, Right to Sight

Session L2: Surgery and Global Health

"Expanding Surgical Care for the Bottom Billion," Selwyn Rogers, Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
"Ethical Dilemmas Operating in the Developing World," Aron Rose, MD, Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine
"Blindness in Myanmar: Empowering the Community and the Ophthalmic Professionals," Geoffrey S. Cohn, Senior Lecturer, University of New South Wales; Founder, Myanmar Eye Care Project

Session L21: Marketing Strategies Workshop

"Marketing Strategies To Set Your Not-for-Profit Apart," Aria Finger, COO, Do Something

Session L31: Student Leaders in Global Health: Patient Care Barriers & Community-Based Health Intervention

"Adapting Community Practices to Improve Health: Lessons from the 'Birth Hole' Concept in Northern Ghana," James Duah, Graduate Student, Ford Foundation International Fellow, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
"A Rapid, Low Cost Methodology for Evaluation of ITN Distributions," Kohtaro Ooka, Medical Student, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
"Do Volunteer Community Health Workers Impact Health Behaviors? A Study of Rural Uganda," Hummy Song, PhD Student, Harvard University
"Cultural Barriers to Vision Care in Three Non-Western Countries," Alim Ramji, Undergraduate Student, University of Oklahoma; Unite For Sight Global Impact Lab Alumnus
"Examination of HIV Testing Characteristics in Santa Elena Province, Ecuador," Stewart Dandorf, Graduate Student, Yale School of Public Health

Session W6: Nutrition and Food Social Enterprise Pitches: Ideas in Development

"Runa: Fair Trade & Agroforestery in the Ecuadorian Amazon," Tyler Gage, Co-Founder and President, Runa
"Global Village Fruits: A Social Enterprise Connecting Jackfruit Producers and Markets," Annemarie Ryu, Founder and CEO, Global Village Fruits
"Nutreats: A Tasty Solution for Child Malnutrition," Hannah Schiff, Master's Student, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
"Increasing Use of Oral Rehydration Therapy for Childhood Diarrhea with an mHealth Intervention," Holly Martin, Pediatric Resident, University of California San Francisco (UCSF)
"Addressing Malnutrition by Leveraging Public Infrastructure," Shubhra Phillips, MBBS, Head – Strategic Partnerships & Business Development, HLFPPT, India
"Promotora Model for the Adoption of Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors in an Obese Latina Immigrant Population," Cathy Franklin, Family Nurse Practitioner, Lynn Community Health Center and Clinical Assistant Professor, MGH Institute of Health Professions

Session W9: Maternal & Child Health Social Enterprise Pitches: Ideas in Development

"C2C: Containerized Maternal and Child Health Clinics Expand Access and Quality," Elizabeth Sheehan, President and Founder, Containers 2 Clinics, Inc.
"Health Information Systems for Maternal Health," Freeman Changamire, Assistant Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
"BetterCare Together: Sharing Knowledge, Saving Lives," Jacquelyn Caglia, Women and Health Initiative, Harvard School of Public Health
"Management of Postpartum Hemorrhage in Developing Countries," Adam Clark, MSE Student, Johns Hopkins University
"No Pain Labor N’ Delivery has Impacted Chinese Parturient’s Pain Relief and Maternal/Infant Safety in a Positive Way," Ling Qun Hu, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
"Accessible Infertility Care for Developing Countries: The Walking Egg Project," Willem Ombelet, Professor, Genk Institute for Fertility Technology, Belgium

Session W28: Human Rights, Health, and Humanitarian Settings

"Global Health Takes a Normative Turn: The Rise of Human Rights to Address the Health Threats of the 21st Century," Benjamin Mason Meier, JD, LLM, PhD, Assistant Professor of Global Health Policy, Department of Public Policy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
"Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Humanitarian Settings: Current Knowledge and Research Priorities," Wietse Tol, PhD, Global Health Initiative, Yale University & HealthNet TPO
"How A 'Preferential Option for the Poor' Ensures Effective Service Delivery in Haiti," Ali Lutz, Haiti Special Projects Manager, Partners In Health

Saturday, 7:15-9:15pm

Innovation & Ideas Evening Networking Reception: This special 2-hour networking reception will convene conference participants who are interested in networking, discussion, collaboration, and intense conversation about global health and innovation. The reception with hors d'oeuvres will be held at the historic Shubert Theater in New Haven, which is the main conference venue.

When: Evening of Saturday, April 21
What: Innovation & Ideas Evening Networking Reception With Hors d'Oeuvres
Where: Shubert Theater, 247 College Street, New Haven
Space is limited, and advance online registration is required. Register online at the time that you register for the Global Health & Innovation Conference

Sunday, April 22

Sunday, 8:00-8:50am: Keynote Address

"Fighting Malaria: Lessons Learned, Future Challenges," Jeffrey Sachs, PhD, Director of Earth Institute at Columbia University; Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, Professor of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University; Special Advisor to Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon

Sunday, 8:55-9:45am: Keynote Address

"Building Health Systems: From Millennium Villages to National and Global Perspectives," Sonia Ehrlich Sachs, MD, MPH, Director of Health, Millennium Village Project, Earth Institute at Columbia University

Sunday, 9:50-10:35am: Keynote Address

"Mission in a Bottle: From Yale Classroom to Beverage Change Agent," Seth Goldman, President and TeaEO of Honest Tea

Sunday, 10:45am-12:15pm

Session SH: Global Health Technology

"Unleashing the Wealth of Nations: Bridging the Information Asymmetry for Better Health and Economic Development," Julius Akinyemi, Entrepreneur-in-Residence, MIT Media Lab
"Disrupting Trajectories to Mortality with Mobile Technology: Opportunities for Resource-Limited Settings," Alain Labrique, Assistant Professor, Program in Global Disease Epidemiology and Control, Department of International Health and Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University; Director, JHU Global mHealth Initiative
"The Power of DIY Medical Technologies," Jose Gomez-Marquez, Little Devices @MIT and co-founder LDTC+Labs LLC
"A Call to Action on Global eHealth Evaluation," Hamish Fraser, MBChB, MRCP, MSc, Director of Informatics and Telemedicine, Partners in Health; Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School; Associate Physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Session SM: Nonprofit Workshop (Read Written Report)

"Three Cups of Lessons: What Every Nonprofit Can Learn from the Three Cups of Tea and the Second Mile Controversies," Courtney Darts, Attorney, Pro Bono Partnership, Inc., and Lisa Muñoz, Attorney, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Session SL: Networking Lounge

Session L1: Health Policy, Family Planning, and Women's Health

"A Sea Change in Global Health Policy: The Critical Role of Partnerships," Rifat Atun, Professor of International Health Management, Imperial College London
"Cost-Effectiveness of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) in Reducing Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV Infection in Kenya," Georgia Sambunaris, Senior Advisor, USAID Office of Economic Growth
"Family Planning: Remarkable Progress but a Steep Road Ahead," Joe Speidel, MD, MPH, Professor, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences; Director for Communication, Development and External Relations, Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health, University of California, San Francisco
"Reproductive Refugees: Health Disparities and Diasporic Dreams in Post/911 Arab America," Marcia Inhorn, MPH, PhD, William K. Lanman Jr. Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs; Editor, Journal of Middle East Women's Studies, Council on Middle East Studies, Yale University

Session L2: Global Health Research Ethics and Advances

"Walking The Tightrope in 'Transplanted Research': A Balance of Community Versus Researcher's Interests," Michael Gyasi, Ophthalmologist, North Western Eye Centre, Ghana; Unite For Sight Partner
"Meet the Editor: How to Write for Global Health Journals," Jocalyn Clark, Senior Editor, PLoS Medicine
"Vaccines for the Developing World: New Approaches and New Science," Alan Bernstein, PhD, Former Executive Director, Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise
"Advances in Global Eye Health Research," Deborah Carper, Deputy Director, National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health

Session L21: Student Leaders in Global Health: Family Health and Water Strategies

"Water for Work: Breaking Through the Rural Water Impasse," Adam Abramson, PhD Student, Ben Gurion University of the Negev
"Domestic Hygiene and Childhood Diarrhea: Perceptions and Practices of Mothers in Makassar, Indonesia," Lindsey Watson, MPH Student, Northern Illinois University
"Promoting Clean Hands Among Uganda's Children: A Tippy-Tap Based School Intervention," Ce Zhang, Undergraduate Student, Pennsylvania State University
"Feasibility and Effectiveness of Supplementation with Locally Available Foods in Prevention of Child Malnutrition in Kenya," Kate McCalmont, Medical Student, University of New Mexico School of Medicine
"Evaluating Parents' Perceptions of the Causes of Under-Five Mortality in Gushegu District of Northern Ghana," Mutiemu Zuneidu, MPH Student, Northern Illinois University
"Review of Ophthalmic History, Barriers to Eye Care, and Perceptions of Family Eye Care in Rural Honduras," Nathaniel Gebhard, Medical Student, University of Colorado School of Medicine; Unite For Sight Global Impact Lab Alumnus
"Prescription Patterns at a Pediatric Out-Patient Clinic in Kisumu, Kenya," Rahil Rojiani, Undergraduate Student, Brown University

Session L31: Clinic-Based Social Enterprise Pitches: Ideas in Development

"Locally Produced Dry Tube Specimens for Use in HCT Service Points for Quality Assurance," Eucharia Iwe, Lab Systems Specialist, LMS-Pro-ACT Project, Management Sciences for Health, Nigeria
"Practice Management Information Systems For Rural Clinics In Africa," Hoffman Lantum, MD, PhD, Founder and Director, 2020 MicroClinic Initiative
"Text-Message Reminders to Patients and Providers for Improved Healthcare Delivery in Developing Countries,"Annemarie Ryu, Co-Founder, Co-Director, RemindaVax
"Interactive Health Education in Clinics," Megan Winkelman, Undergraduate Student, Stanford University
"A Proposed Model for Treating Diabetic Retinopathy in the Developing World," Colin Prensky, Medical Student, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
"Making Tracheal Transplantation a Realistic Treatment Option for Tracheal Stenosis Patients in Developing Countries," Matthias Lechner, Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Fellow/PhD Student, University College London
"Multimedia, Mind Maps, and Memory Palaces: An Educational Approach and DVD/Booklet/Web-Based Package to Aid Teaching Sutureless Cataract Surgery," Will Dean, Research Associate, Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School

Sunday, 12:15-1:15pm: Lunch

Eat lunch at one of New Haven's 300 downtown eateries.

Sunday, 1:15-2:25pm

Session SH: Design and Social Innovation

"Designing Enterprises: A Sanitation Business in Ghana,"Jocelyn Wyatt, Co-Lead + Executive Director, IDEO.org
"The Trouble with Treating Patients as Consumers," Gianna Ericson, Senior Design Strategist, Continuum
"Buildings That Heal," Monique Guimond, Director of Operations, MASS Design Group

Session SM: Local Solutions to Eliminate Patient Barriers to Care Panel: Meet Unite For Sight Partners Who Reach 200,000 Village Patients Per Year

Rachel Turkel, Program Manager, Unite For Sight
Thomas Baah, Ophthalmologist, Save The Nation's Sight Clinic, Ghana; Unite For Sight Partner
James Clarke, Ophthalmologist, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana; Unite For Sight Partner
Eduardo Flores, Ophthalmologist, ZOE Eye Clinic, Honduras; Unite For Sight Partner
Michael Gyasi, Ophthalmologist, North Western Eye Centre, Ghana; Unite For Sight Partner
Seth Wanye, Ophthalmologist, Friends Eye Centre, Ghana; Unite For Sight Partner
Sarang Samal, Founder and Director, Kalinga Eye Hospital, India; Unite For Sight Partner

Session SL: Networking Lounge

Session L1: Healthcare Delivery Strategies

"Saving Lives at Birth: A One Year Reflection of Harnessing Innovation," Wendy Taylor, MPP, Senior Advisor for Innovative Financing and Public Private Partnerships, USAID
"The Effect of Access to AIDS Treatment on Employment Outcomes in South Africa," Zoe McLaren, Assistant Professor, School of Public Health, University of Michigan
"Social Change and Local Empowerment: New Healthcare Programs Where There Were None," Robert Dolo, Founder, Executive Director and Cataract Surgeon, New Sight Eye Center, Liberia; National Coordinator, National Eye Health Program, Liberia

Session L2: Market-Based Development Interventions

"Market-Based Innovations in Healthcare: The LifeSpring Model" Tricia Morente, Strategic Advisor, LifeSpring Hospitals
"Harnessing the Power of Micro-Franchising to Fight Poverty and Disease," Chris Murphy, Director of Marketing, Living Goods
"Design to Scale," Manoj Sinha, Co-Founder, Husk Power Systems

Session L21: Human Rights & Job Opportunity Social Enterprise Pitches: Ideas in Development

"Framing and Engaging a Public Health Response to Human Trafficking in the U.S.," Hana Akselrod,Medical Student, Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Public Health Student, Yale School of Public Health
"Em Chi Initiative: Collaborating with Sex Workers to Prevent the Sexual Exploitation of Girls in Vietnam," Mark Pham, Director, Em Chi Initiative
"Emprofit: Empower Through Profit," Matt Vecere, Emprofit, Inc.
"DUMA," Christine Blauvelt, Undergraduate Student, Princeton University
"Crafting a Better World: Organic Bath and Body Product Kits as a Vehicle for Making the Community Happier, Healthier, Cleaner and More Beautiful, While Providing Valuable Job Skills Training to Unemployed Women," Mary Kearns, President, Herban Lifestyle

Session L31: Policy & Research Tools Social Enterprise Pitches: Ideas in Development

"Open-Source Mapping of Global Health Data," Nate Smith, Researcher and Data Lead, MapBox
"Web-Based CARE Intervention Delivery for Mothers and Infants," June Horowitz, Professor, Boston College
"Doing the 'Client Math': A Research Methodology to Measure The Value of Microinsurance to Clients," Emily Zimmerman, Research Associate, MILK Project
"Diaspora Health Insurance: Expanding Pre-Paid Healthcare Coverage," Ronke Dosunmu, Founding Partner, Anadach Group
"Project LAAN: Fighting Poverty Through Health," Issa Reyes-Lao, Research Assistant and Technical Writer, Department of Health, Philippines
"New Tools for Activists: Voices of Health Care Disparity and Affordable Care Act (ACA) Payment Reforms," Toni Miles, Director, Institute of Gerontology, University of Georgia College of Public Health

Sunday, 2:35-4:05pm

Session SH: Hunger and Food (Read Blog)

"Hunger and the Right to Food," Robert Lawrence, MD, The Center for a Livable Future, Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Health Policy, and International Health; Director, Center for a Livable Future, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
"Farmers First: Scaling a Permanent and Sustainable End To Hunger," Tony Kalm, Director of Business Development, One Acre Fund
"More Food With Less Water and Improved Health: Yes, It Is Possible," Ken Lee, Co-founder and Co-owner, Lotus Foods

Session SM: Effective, Responsible Partnerships Panel: How To Develop Meaningful Cross-Continental Collaborations (Read Written Report)

James Clarke, MD, Ophthalmologist and Medical Director, Crystal Eye Clinic, Ghana; Unite For Sight Ghana Medical Director
Hamish Fraser, MBChB, MRCP, MSc, Director of Informatics and Telemedicine, Partners in Health; Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School; Associate Physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Ali Lutz, Haiti Special Projects Manager, Partners In Health
Monique Guimond, Director of Operations, MASS Design Group
Aron Rose, MD, Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Yale University School of Medicine

Session SL: Networking Lounge

Session L1: Technology & Web-Based Social Enterprise Pitches: Ideas in Development

"Providing Affordable PCR HIV Testing to Developing Nations," Haley Ciborowski, Director, Global Healthcare Project
"Fast Nanoparticle-Based Colorimetric Assay for Bacterial Contamination of Water," Paula Trepman, Undergraduate Student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"Everwarm: Low-Cost Incubator for the Developing World," Jack Po, Managing Director, World Medical Technologies
"A Method for Increasing the Safety of Sex Work: A Mobile Panic Button Security System," Kyle Ragins, Medical Student, Yale School of Medicine
"Building a Frontline Health Worker Network: Knowledge Dissemination, Best Practice Adoption, and Collective Action," Andrew Goldstein, Founder, FHW Network
"Strengthening Global Midwifery Education Through Online Partnerships for Faculty Development," Terri Clark, Associate Professor, Seattle University College of Nursing
"Rare Genomics Institute: Hope for Patients with Rare Genetic Diseases," Jimmy Lin, President, Rare Genomics Institute
"The Reinvention of Healthcare," Hayden Williams III, CEO and Founder, Haydrick Healthcare

Session L2: Community-Based Social Enterprise Pitches: Ideas in Development

"Expanding Photovoice for Health Research with OVC," Lisa Albert, Research Associate II, FHI 360
"Pictures That Speak: The Story of Health in Rural Honduras," Abigail Rolbiecki, MPH/MSW Student, University of Missouri-Columbia
"The Men's Story Project: Crowdsourcing Culture Change on Male Gender Norms and Gender Relations," Josie Lehrer, Founder and Director, Men's Story Project
"Ghana on the Move: Physical Therapy in Sub-Saharan Africa," Christine Hill, Physical Therapy Doctoral Student, University of New England
"Smoke Exposure in Haiti: Evaluating and Addressing a Significant Health Issue," Alexander Hubbell, MD/MPH Student, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
"Making Undernutrition More Visible to Communities in India," Gargi Wable, MS Food Science and Applied Nutrition, M.Sc Dietetics
"A Replicable Model for Curing Malnutrition in Nigeria," Rose Ndubuaku, Director of Nursing Education, Holy Rosary Hospital, Imo State, Nigeria

Session L21: Education Social Enterprise Pitches: Ideas in Development

"Knowledge as a Sustainable Resource: Educational Interventions for Children in Rural Zambia," Marguerite Hanley, Executive Director, KnowledgeBeat
"The SONTSA: A Project for Tibetan Youth," Trinley Palmo, MPH Candidate, Graduate Program in Public Health, Stony Brook University
"Educational Toolkit to Address the Health Impacts of Intergenerational Trauma Among Aboriginal Youth," Raheem Noormohamed, Undergraduate Student, University of British Columbia
"The Avenir of Mentoring: Using Social Media to Reach Rural Students," Brooke Sachs, Medical Student, The University of Sydney
“Autism Expressed: Digital Skills for Students with Autism,” Michele McKeone, Founder and CEO, Autism Expressed
"Functional Treatment: A Sociological Approach to Understanding and Treating Eating Disorders,” Shayla Minteer, Undergraduate Student, University of Rhode Island
"Peer Support and Empowerment in College: Creating Change and Improving Outcomes in Young Adults with Type 1 Diabetes," Christina Roth, Founder and President, College Diabetes Network
"Dealing with Disasters," Chankrit Sethi, Undergraduate Student, Rutgers University